$20m Staten Island park completed.The city celebrated the completion of Bloomingdale Park last week on Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. . The $20.2 million project, funded by the Mayor's capital budget, the Borough President Borough President (informally BP, or Beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The offices of borough president were created in 1898 with the formation of the City of Greater New York. and the City Council, will provide much needed active recreation space for the residents of Staten Island's South Shore. Fifteen acres of the 138-acre park now includes new ballfields, basketball courts, a playground and bocce court, as well as a network of landscaped pathways and improved vehicular access. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Borough President James P. Molinaro were joined by Council Member Andrew J. Lanza, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and Design & Construction Commissioner David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Burney, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture . "The highly anticipated ballfields and playground will serve the growing population of the South Shore for years to come," said Bloomberg. "We are committed to growing and improving our parkland and making our neighborhoods more livable throughout all five boroughs." On February 7, 2003 the Mayor and Borough President broke ground on the construction of Bloomingdale Park. The Department of Design and Construction (DDC See VESA DDC. ) managed the project. The new park design includes three fields for softball, baseball and soccer that will be open to all permitted teams, a new playground with a spray shower and swings and two basketball courts, a bocce ball Noun 1. bocce ball - wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce bocci ball, boccie ball ball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball court and a comfort station. The developed 15 acres is also landscaped with interior nature trails weaving through the existing wooded areas. An exterior bicycle path also surrounds the park. The project includes $9.1 million in work by the DOT and the DEP DEP Deposit DEP Deputy DEP Department of Environmental Protection DEP Dependent DEP Departure DEP Depot DEP Deposition DEP deployed (US DoD) DEP Data Execution Prevention (computer security) for public access and sewers at Bloomingdale Park. DOT's roadway construction totals $2 million and DEP's construction and installation of water mains, storm and sanitary sewers and drainage systems totals $7.1 million. A new road was extended approximately 450 feet from Ramona Avenue into Maguire Avenue featuring a cul-de-sac/turnaround feature. Ramona Avenue was reconstructed with curbs, storm sewers, a new concrete base, and resurfacing from Maguire to Lenevar avenues. Curbs were installed on Lenevar Avenue from Ramona Avenue to Drumgoole Road. Bloomingdale Park is the first of two major active recreation facilities created during this administration to serve the residents of South Shore of Staten Island. |
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